Pokrov, Ukraine

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Pokrov ({{Langx|uk|Покров}}, {{IPA|uk|poˈkrɔu̯|IPA|uk-покров.ogg}}), formerly Ordzhonikidze ({{Langx|uk|Орджонікідзе|label=none}}) until 2016, is a small city and mining town in Nikopol Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Pokrov urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.{{cite web |title=Покровская городская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/pokrov/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=ru}} Its population is approximately {{Ua-pop-est2022|37493|.}}

History

File:Pektoral111.JPG Golden Pectoral found near Pokrov]]

During the industrialization of the Soviet Union, the development of the mining industry intensified, Ordzhonikidze became a notable mining town in Soviet Ukraine.

On 22 October 1938, Ordzhonikidze, named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze, received the urban-type settlement status.

In 1971, a large Golden Pectoral was discovered on the site of Tovsta Mohyla near Pokrov by the Ukrainian archaeologist Borys Mozolevskyi. It probably belonged to a Scythian chieftain of the 3rd century BC, but was likely made by Greek artisans of the Crimean peninsula.

The city was established in 1956 when several miner settlements of the Ordzhonikidze Mine were merged into a city. Previously, in 1883 a Russian engineer-geologist Valerian Domger discovered rich deposits of manganese ore in a basin of the {{Interlanguage link multi|Solona River, Bezavluk|uk|3=Солона (притока Базавлуку)|lt=Solona River}}. Since that time, mining towns such as Prychepylivka (today – Hirnytske) started to appear in the area. In 1886, in place of the modern city were created Pokrovski quarries. Pokrov is located on the site of the 17th century Chortomlyk Sich.

On 15 May 2015, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a bill into law that started a six months period for the removal of communist monuments and the mandatory renaming of settlements with a name related to Communism.{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2015/05/15/7068057/ Poroshenko signed the laws about decomunization]. Ukrayinska Pravda. 15 May 2015
[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/265988.html Poroshenko signs laws on denouncing Communist, Nazi regimes], Interfax-Ukraine. 15 May 2015
[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32267075 Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols], BBC News (14 April 2015) Since 2 April 2016, after it was officially renamed by the Ukrainian parliament, the city is officially named Pokrov.{{in lang|uk}} [http://tsn.ua/ukrayina/ordzhonikidze-z-novoyu-nazvoyu-v-ukrayini-dekomunizuvali-bilshe-150-naselenih-punkti-623094.html ORDZHONIKIDZE WITH A NEW NAME. IN UKRAINE DEKOMUNIZUVALY MORE THAN 150 SETTLEMENTS], Televiziyna Sluzhba Novyn (2 April 2016)

Until 18 July 2020, Pokrov was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and the center of Pokrov Municipality. The municipality was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Pokrov Municipality was merged into Nikopol Raion.{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=3 October 2020|date=18 July 2020|website=Голос України|language=uk}}{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, Pokrov had a population of 46,654. Ethnic Ukrainians account for over 70% of the town's population. Russians, Belarusians and Germans constitute sizeable minorities.{{cite web | url=https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities | title=Національний склад міст }}

{{bar box|title=Ethnic groups in Pokrov|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Ukrainians|dodgerblue|75.27}}

{{bar percent|Gypsies|black|0.06}}}}